Electoral results for the district of Cannington

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Cannington in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Cannington

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cannington.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	16,884	71.8	+17.3
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	3,059	13.0	−11.1
	Greens	River Clarke	1,476	6.3	−2.8
	Christians	Mark Staer	1,092	4.6	+0.9
	One Nation	Gabrielle Iriks	385	1.6	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Ondra	304	1.3	+1.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	June Cahill	302	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			23,502	96.2	+1.1
Informal votes			927	3.8	−1.1
Turnout			24,429	83.9	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	18,899	80.4	+12.9
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	4,596	19.6	−12.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.9

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	11,474	55.0	+10.8
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	4,970	23.8	−19.4
	Greens	Elliot Thompson	1,850	8.9	−0.3
	One Nation	Rozane Bezuidenhout	1,372	6.6	+6.6
	Christians	Gary Smith	692	3.3	+3.3
	Micro Business	Zena Rihani	303	1.5	+1.5
		Mohsin Virk	210	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			20,871	95.1	+2.3
Informal votes			1,086	4.9	−2.3
Turnout			21,957	85.3	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	14,190	68.1	+16.0
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	6,662	31.9	−16.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.0

2013 Western Australian state election: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	8,457	43.8	–1.7
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	8,310	43.0	+10.2
	Greens	Christine Cunningham	1,850	9.6	–6.7
	Independent	Mark Harrington	702	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			19,319	92.6	−0.4
Informal votes			1,536	7.4	+0.4
Turnout			20,855	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	10,054	52.1	–7.0
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	9,259	47.9	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	–7.0

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	8,475	45.44	−8.9
	Liberal	Ryan Chorley	6,105	32.73	+3.3
	Greens	Christine Cunningham	3,045	16.32	+9.3
	Christian Democrats	Mark Staer	1,028	5.51	+1.6
Total formal votes			18,653	93.02
Informal votes			1,399	6.98
Turnout			20,052	86.44
Two-party-preferred result[1]
	Labor	Bill Johnston	11,003	59.04	−4.3
	Liberal	Ryan Chorley	7,633	40.96	+4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.3